Improvement in trusses for inguinal hernia



UNITED STATES HENRY H. JORDAN AND SYLVANUS JORDAN, OF ROXBURY, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUSSES FOR. INGUINAL lnlEPtNIA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. @5,25% dated November29, 1364.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY H. JORDAN in the county of Norfolk and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Truss for the Cure orAlleviation of inguinal Hernia 5 and we do hereby declare the same to befully described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, ot' which- Figure l denotes a front view, Fig. 2a top view, and Fig. 3 a rear view, ot' such improved truss.

ln the said drawings, A denotes the pad of the truss, as extending` downfrom a body-belt, C, and as having an extra part or brace, B, to extendfrom it and the belt and go over and around the genitals of a personwhen the truss is in use, the said private parts or gen itals beingreceived within a recess or open ing, K. From the lower part ot' the padand the extra part or braceB there extend twobraeestraps, E F, which,when the truss may be in use, are to go between the legs ot' the wearerand around them, respectively, and be buckled to the body-belt bybuckles Gr H, arranged near to the pad A and the part B and on thebody-belt in manner as shown in the drawings. The body-belt has abuckle, I, arranged at or near one end of it, for the purpose of lix- Ving it around the abdomen ot' a person. and SYLVANUS JORDAN, residentsof Roxbury,

While the truss is being worn, the part B extends into the groinopposite to that which receives the pad, and by pressure against thesame will operate not only to advantage in supporting the pad, but willbe useful in preventing further rupture of the intestines.

. By means ot' the extra part B, to span the genitals, and the twostraps E F, to go between the legs and around the thighs, respectively,the pad A will be preserved in place, and be made to operate to muchbetter advantage in supporting the ruptured part than it will be by armsand springs or other devices, such as are generally applied to the beltand pad, and, besides, our improved truss can be worn by a person withgreater ease or more comfort than most others.

We claim as our invention- The improved inguinal truss, consisting ofthe extra part or brace B, the pad A, the body-belt G, and the twobrace-straps E F, arranged and combined together substantially in manneras hereinbet'ore specied. HENRY H. JORDAN.

' witnesses; sYLvANUs JORDAN.

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

